Filmmakers

Hollis Frampton

Birth: March 11, 1936 (Wooster, Ohio)

Death: March 30, 1984

Official Website: Hollis Frampton

Major Works: The Birth of Magellan: Fourteen Cadenzas (1977-80)
The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall, Parts I – VII (1977-80)
The Birth of Magellan: Dreams of Magellan: Part I – VI (1977-79)
More Than Meets the Eye (1979)
Gloria! (1979)
Dreams of Magellan: Part I: Ludus Luminus, Chromaticus (1976)
Procession (1976)
Quaternion (1976)
For Georgia O’Keeffe (1976)
The Test of Time (1976)
Time Out of Mind (1976)
All in Good Time (1976)
Not The First Time (1976)
Cold Walks (1976)
Otherwise Unexplained Fires (1976)
Magellan: At the Gates of Death: Part II: The Green Gate (1976)
Magellan: At the Gates of Death: Part I: The Red Gate (1976)
Pas De Trois (1975)
Drum (1975)
SOLARIUMAGELANI (1974-75)
INGENIVM NOBIS IPSA PVELLA FECIT (1975)
Banner (1974)
Vexilla Regis (1974)
Summer Solstice (1974)
Straits of Magellan: Drafts & Fragments (1974)
Winter Solstice (1974)
Noctiluca (1974)
Autumnal Equinox (1974)
Less (1973)
Public Domain (1973)
Yellow Springs (1972)
Tiger Balm (1972)
Apparatus Sum (1972)
Special Effects (Hapax Legomena VII) (1972)
Remote Control (Hapax Legomena VI) (1972)
Ordinary Matter (Hapax Legomena V) (1972)
Poetic Justice (Hapax Legomena II) (1972)
Critical Mass (Hapax Legomena III) (1971)
Travelling Matte (Hapax Legomena IV) (1971)
(nostalgia) (Hapax Legomena I) (1971)
Zorns Lemma (1970)
Artificial Light (1969)
Works and Days (1969)
Prince Ruperts Drops (1969)
Lemon (1969)
Carrots and Peas (1969)
Palindrome (1969)
Surface Tension (1968)
Maxwell’s Demon (1968)
Snowblind (1968)
Heterodyne (1967)
States (1967)
Information (1966)
Process Red (1966)
Manual of Arms (1966)
Obelisk Ampersand Encounter (1965)
Ten Mile Poem (1964)
Clouds Like White Sheep (1962)

Notes: Attended Philips Academy and Western Reserve University.

Before Frampton became a filmmaker, he started out as a photographer.

Other Resources: IMDB: Profile
Wikipedia: Bio and info

Video: None

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Underground Film Feedback (4 Notes)

  1. [...] the underground film scene. She primarily made films by herself, but did collaborate with both Hollis Frampton and her husband Michael [...]

    Posted by Light Industry: Five Films By Joyce Wieland | Bad Lit | January 3, 2010, 6:02 am

  2. [...] who could have been included, but weren’t — that I can think of at least — are: Hollis Frampton, Paul Sharits, James Broughton, Chick Strand, Warren Sonbert, Storm de Hirsch, Michael Snow and [...]

    Posted by Who Was Underground In ‘67? | Bad Lit | April 17, 2010, 11:06 am

  3. [...] trailer. This year they chose Leslie Thornton, a filmmaker who has studied with the likes of Hollis Frampton, Stan Brakhage, Paul Sharits and Peter Kubelka. Her work has previously screened at the Museum of [...]

    Posted by 2010 Migrating Forms: The Trailer | Bad Lit | April 22, 2010, 11:04 am

  4. [...] Hollis Frampton: Zorns Lemma, 1970 Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia), 1971 [...]

    Posted by Anthology Film Archives’ Essential Cinema Repertory Collection | Bad Lit | May 3, 2010, 8:07 am

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